Search for dissertations about: "organizational culture and social norms"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the words organizational culture and social norms.

  2. 1. Police officers under pressure : sexual and gender-based harassment, stress, and job satisfaction in Sweden

    Author : Arian Rostami; Monica Burman; Mehdi Ghazinour; Jonas Hansson; Anna-Karin Hurtig; Magnus Sverke; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sexual harassment; Gender-based harassment; Work stress; Job satisfaction; Police officers; Work environment;

    Abstract : Police officers encounter challenging and stressful situations at work, which negatively impact their health, job performance, and aspects of their lives. Regarding the gendered structure and competitive work environment of police organizations, women are under extra pressure from the pervasive gendered norms within the police organization. READ MORE

  4. 2. Arbetstidens symbolvärde : om historisk kontinuitet och förändring i synen på arbetstid samt normers inverkan på arbetstidens gestaltning

    Author : Calle Rosengren; Jan Forslin; Eskil Ekstedt; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Working time; working life; organizational culture and social norms; Arbetstid; arbetsliv; organisationskultur och normer; Manufacturing engineering and work sciences; Produktion och arbetsvetenskap;

    Abstract : The point of departure of the present thesis is what happens to working time in sections of the labor market where the content of production is becoming more knowledge-intensive, that is, where production is largely based on creativity, knowledge development and communication – processes that are difficult to control and locate in time. Paired with the rise in information and communication technology (ICT), room for interpretation is created by necessity as concerns the boundaries of work and what constitutes a satisfactory work effort. READ MORE

  5. 3. How does the job applicants' ethnicity affect the selection process? : Norms, Preferred competencies and expected fit

    Author : Sima Wolgast; Institutionen för psykologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Discrimination; Ethnicity; Arab; systematic recruitment; Organizational norms; Person Environment fit; organizational psychology; intergroup relations; in-group and out-group; in-group favoritism; stereotypes; Social psychology; diskriminering; etnicitet; arab; systematiskt rekrytering; organisations normer; Person-miljö matchning; organisations psykologi; intergrupp relationer; in-grupp och ut-grupp; in-grupps favouritism; Stereotyper; social psykologi;

    Abstract : The present thesis aimed to study different factors influencing recruiters when recruiting from an applicant pool with applicants from an ethnic ingroup and outgroup. Ethnicity was predicted to influence recruiters’ perception and behaviour in different phases during recruitment. READ MORE

  6. 4. The cultural context of business : A study of firms in a northern Nigerian society

    Author : Yakubu Zakaria; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; Culture; Values; Norms; Behaviour; Rationality; Cross-cultural; Islam; Modernization; Entrepreneur; Manager; Trust; Risk; Organization; Control; Strategy; Perception; Business; Profit; Success; Development; Sociologi; Sociology; Sociologi; sociologi; Sociology;

    Abstract : This study is about entrepreneurial adaptations to modem manufacturing activities in a semi-industrial society of Northern Nigeria. It embodies both general and micro-institutional perspectives of business behaviour and seeks to examine the multidimensional influences ofcultural values on business patterns. READ MORE

  7. 5. The Ecstasy of Tragedy : An Ethnography of Hospice

    Author : Oscar Wandery; Christian Maravelias; Carl Cederström; David Knights; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Organizational culture; hospice care; health care; affect research; ecstatic rituals; cultural reproduction; Business Administration; företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : Culture is a double-edged sword in organizational research. Certain researchers consider culture the key to understanding organizations while others see it as a pseudo-scientific and faddish term. READ MORE